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I think I'm getting worse ...

Hivemind187 · 2008-01-25 21:12:55

There are probably more than a few of you who have noticed a disconcerting reaction in yourself to people when they divulge that they are a "believer". I noticed it recently during a conversation at work and had to bite my tongue from either laughing bitterly or demanding that this person justify such irrational…

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#92 06-02-2008 8:08pm
Hivemind187

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karen3212 wrote: »

I felt a bit like you a few years ago, because I started working with some Southern US evangelicals - constantly bringing God(at the begining) into the lunch conversation. I was going crazy until I saw this A&A site, and have become more relaxed about it all.

I don't mind at all going into chruches with friends and family, the preaching I hate but apart from that I like the bells, the singing etc. I also really like the muslim call to prayer, loved hearing it when I was over that way.

I must say I like your way of saying things -that may be shocking straight out too - but all I want to say is, the way we say things depends on what we want to do: that is, get people thinking about the laws of the country and changing some of them, or offending them so much that they stop listening.

Thanks.

There are two other things we may want to do with what we say:

Enjoy the sound of our own voice.

Or make our point in a way that reflects our feelings.

I freely admit to all four.

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